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Jake Rogers takes first for Savages

Savages take second as a team

By John Contreras

Ledger Sports Editor

Posted:
08/25/2014 02:42:02 PM MDT

The Lamar boy's cross country team got their season off on the right foot.

In the season opener, Lamar's Jake Rogers won the Class 3A boys race to lead the Savages to a second place team finish in Cheyenne Mountain Stampede held Thursday, Aug. 21 at Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.

The Norris Penrose Event Center will be the site of the Cross Country Championship in last Oct.

In the boy's team race, which had 12 schools participate, preseason No. 1 ranked Alamosa was first with 40 points. No. 3 state-ranked Lamar was second with 54 points, and No. 4 ranked Vanguard was third with 79 points. Defending state champion and No. 2 ranked Frontier Academy was fourth with 102 points.

Rogers ran a time of 17:43.10 to earn first place out of 89 runners.

Alamosa's Isaiah DeLaCerda and Jericho Ulibarri placed second and third respectively with times of 17:58 and 18:13.80.

Lamar's Zach Watson and Kaleb Crum finished seventh and eighth respectively with times of 18:35.80 and 18:38.80.

In his first high school meet of his career freshman Blake Davis was 13th (18:57.20).

"I thought we ran well as a group," said Erik Melgoza, boy's head coach. "Our times were better than I expected. Some of our kids ran faster at this same meet than they did last year. So, that was positive."

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"Alamosa looked pretty solid and Vanguard looked pretty good and so did Frontier Academy," Melgoza said. "But for our first showing, I was pleased. Jake ran pretty well and ran with a sense of urgency. That was one thing I hadn't seen from him in three years. Zach and Kaleb ran well and I know they can do better. I thought my freshman Blake (Davis) ran good for his first time on the course and was under 19 minutes which was awesome. We know we still have a lot of work to do to get better."

In the 3A girls race, Kent Denver was first with 70 points and followed by Alamosa 81, Colorado Academy 82, Peak to Peak 111, and Frontier Academy had 113 points to round out the top five. Lamar placed 10th with 210 points.

Lily Tomasula of Estes Park was the individual first place winner (20:24.5) out of 74 runners.

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